Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Thermalume

From Graces Guide
Display at Hestercombe Gardens. On the right is an air compressor and air receiver. The box to the left contains....
.... mysterious equipment, presumably a form of carburettor for regulating the petrol/air mixture and controlling the pressure of gas supplied

Thermalume made equipment for producing gas for lighting, cooking and heating using petroleum and air.

Parts of an installation may be seen in the water mill building at Hestercombe Gardens.

A 'Thermalum' petrol-air gas system for cooking and heating was included in the sale of Great Testwood House, Totton, Southampton, in 1934[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. Portsmouth Evening News, 20 October 1934